Overview

An app -- preferably a web app -- that a user can use to generate the lyrics of a song, based on any other song.

The Problem

Background & Motivation

I think it would be cool to use the OpenAI API to generate song lyrics based on an artist's established song. For example, a user would search for a particular song, and the app would spit out "[Song] V2" -- the new lyrics from OpenAI based on the lyrics of the original song.

I think it would be fun to write "V2" songs of almost any song, where I emulate the style of the original but use lyrics generated by OpenAI.

Alternative: enter any amount of text, OpenAI completes the lyrics for you.

Solution

Goals

MVP

A command-line application that can take input (a song title), display possible matches, allow the user to choose a match, then spits out the "V2" lyrics from OpenAI

Stretch goals

This, but a web app

Non-goals

If we get to the web app portion, the UI will have to be really basic for now. Basically no styles.

Dependencies

A song lookup / lyrics API

OpenAI access, which I just received but haven't had a chance to look into further.

Alternatives/Prior Art

https://openai.com/blog/jukebox/ <- this is very cool! (Example from OpenAI itself)
- https://jukebox.openai.com/songs/
- it does lyrics as well
- search for "Lyrics Conditioning" on the main jukebox page; would need to dig into this
- https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/openais-jukebox-produces-music-with-lyrics-from-scratch/
https://www.twilio.com/blog/generating-lyrics-in-the-style-of-your-favorite-artist-with-python-openai-s-gpt-3-and-twilio-sms
- this is basically the same thing; would want to dig into this post if we decide to go with this project
https://robertbrucecarter.com/writing/2020/07/a-simple-openai-jukebox-tutorial-for-non-engineers/

MinecraftU / 2021-computer-adventures

RFC: Song Generator #2